hi, how do you know when the computer is booted with linux. With windows I get a nice startup sound and jaws starts talking. With linux I just have to wait until the hard drive stops. Unfortunantely with the drive I have this isn't a good solution because it is too quiet. i have a line in my lilo.conf file that says speakup_dectlk this is on the same line that starts with append = and has some other stuff that I don't remember. I am using redhat 9. Roy
